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捱更抵夜 (ngaai4 gaang1 dai2 ye6) — go to bed late and get up early in Cantonese

ngaaiˎ₄捱gaangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵yeˍ₆夜
简 挨更抵夜
Mandarin Pinyin: ai2 geng1 di3 ye4

Meaning of 捱更抵夜

noungo to bed late and get up early
nounstay up all night
noun(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night

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Example Sentences with 捱更抵夜

ngaaiˎ₄捱gangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵jeˍ₆夜houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fuˊ²苦
Working night shifts and staying up late is very tough.
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日ngaaiˎ₄捱gangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵jeˍ₆夜
He/She always works night shifts and stays up late.
mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想ngaaiˎ₄捱gangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵jeˍ₆夜
I don't want to work night shifts and stay up late.
ngaaiˎ₄捱gangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵jeˍ₆夜haiˍ₆係soengˎ₄常taai˗₃態
Working night shifts and staying up late is the norm.
waiˎ₄為cinˎ₄錢ngaaiˎ₄捱gangˉ¹更daiˊ²抵jeˍ₆夜
Working night shifts and staying up late for money.
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Characters in 捱更抵夜

捱ngaai4
endure; suffer; put up with
更gang1
a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)
抵dai2
offset; substitute; balance; compensate
夜je6
night; dark; darkness; in night

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